Enough things have gone wrong for the Padres this year. The last thing they needed before the season wraps up this week is for their star player to get injured in a freak accident.
In the first inning of Monday night’s game against the Giants, Juan Soto was minding his own business in the on-deck circle while Fernando Tatis Jr. was at the plate. San Francisco starter Logan Webb threw a slider that Tatis checked his swing on. The ball hit his bat and ricocheted into foul territory—an unremarkable occurrence that happens multiple times in an MLB game. Except this time, the ball happened to carom right toward where Soto was standing and drilled him in the arm.
Juan Soto took a foul ball to the arm while in the on deck circle pic.twitter.com/x9rh5JkXtZ
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) September 26, 2023